Mamíferos pequeños de los alrededores del poblado de Tlanchinol, Hidalgo

Abstract

THE MAMMAL FAUNA OF THE STATE OF HIDALGO IS POORLY KNOWN, PARTICULARY THE COMPONENT OCURRING AT MUNICIPIO DE TLANCHINOL. THEREFORE, THE AIM OF THIS PAPER WAS TO KNOW THE SMALL MAMMALS OCURRING IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE TOWN OF TLANCHINOL, SPECIMENS (91) WERE COLLECTED IN NINE LOCALITIES DURING JULY, SEPTEMBER, AND DECEMBER 2000, MARCH AND APRIL 2001, AND MAY 2002. LITERATURE AND SPECIMEN HOLDINGS OF FOUR MAMMAL COLLECTIONS WERE CONSULTED. RESULTS IDENTIFIED 28 SPECIES BELONGING TO FOUR ORDERS, EIGHT FAMILIES, AND 20 GENERA IN OUR STUDY AREA, BEING PHYLLOSTOMIDAE AND MURIDAE THE FAMILIES WITH THE MUNICIPIO DE TLANCHINOL. THE VEGETATION WHERE THE SPECIMENS WERE CAUGHT WAS CLOUD FOREST AND HABITATS DERIVED FROM IT. SMALL MAMMALS FROM TLANCHINOL